provoost on Nostr: This is where proportionality comes in. Military action has to be proportional to the ...
This is where proportionality comes in. Military action has to be proportional to the goal.
Attacking a UN camera risks death and injury. Now consider two goals:
1. Prevent negative reports
2. Prevent the death of IDF soldiers from leaked operational information
(2) seems proportional, at least defendable. (1) absolutely not.
And that's where priors come in: if you believe the IDF is fundamentally unethical and just a tool for Netanyalu shenanigans, you might think (1) is the most plausible explanation. I don't think they are, so I find (2) more plausible. Until more information comes in.
Attacking a UN camera risks death and injury. Now consider two goals:
1. Prevent negative reports
2. Prevent the death of IDF soldiers from leaked operational information
(2) seems proportional, at least defendable. (1) absolutely not.
And that's where priors come in: if you believe the IDF is fundamentally unethical and just a tool for Netanyalu shenanigans, you might think (1) is the most plausible explanation. I don't think they are, so I find (2) more plausible. Until more information comes in.